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Friday, June 29, 2012

People in blue houses are apparently the most successful

We need to re-paint the outside of the house and we're having difficulty finding the same colour paint. We've been scouting around online and came across this article from The Telegraph from 2009, which argues that people living in blue houses are much more successful than those living in homes painted any other colour. Here's some of findings:

The average professional living in a blue-painted house earns an impressive
£38,000-a year and drives an Audi TT to work. They take 27 days annual leave a year and treat themselves to at least two
holidays abroad to exotic locations such as Barbados or the Maldives. 23
per cent of people in blue houses have already worked their way up to
Director level at work. A further 31 per cent are proud to call themselves 'manager' or a job title of
similar status. And most of these professionals have at least three members of staff working
beneath them. Blue home owners will have already achieved two significant promotions to date
in their high-flying career. And if they haven't chosen the legal route, 11 per cent are likely to work in
the health service or nine per cent in education. In addition to maintaining a successful career, people living in a blue house
even do well on a personal level. The average blue homeowner is in a long-term relationship, has two children
and four really close friends.

Well, there you have it. Scientific proof that house colour reflects the success of their occupant. And does it relate to our blue house? Partially. I am a director and have more than three staff working in the institute. However, we don't do exotic holidays and I drive a Ford Focus.

Here are the annual earnings of those occupying other house colours. Do people really paint their houses orange or purple?

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I'm a professor at the National University of Ireland Maynooth and the author of four crime novels and two collections of short stories, and author or editor of 25 academic books and a 12 volume encyclopedia. My passions are reading and writing crime fiction and undertaking research on social issues. The other blogs I contribute to are Ireland After NAMA and The Programmable City.